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International Symposium on Interferometry, Teddington, England. Contact: International Symposium on Interferometry, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England.
June 9 to 12 June 10 to 12
Division of Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Uni versity of Illinois. 1959 Summer Symposium. Topic : Complex Reactions in Analytical Chemistry. Contact: G. L. Clark, Uni versity of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Page 31 A, May, page 52 A, June.
June 10 to 12 June 15 to 17
Second International Symposium on Gas Chromatography, East Lansing, Mich. Instrument Society of America. Contact: H . S. Kindler, ISA, 313 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. American Nuclear Society, Annual Meeting. Gatlinburg, Tenn. Contact: Dick Smyser, 101 East Tyrone Rd., Oak Ridge, Tenn.
June 15 to 17
Second International Symposium on X-Ray Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, Stockholm. Contact: G. Hoglund, Institutionen for Medicinsk Tysik, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden. Page 50 A, Nov.
June 15 to 19
Ohio State University. Symposium on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy. Contact: R. A. Oetjen, The Ohio State L T niversity, Columbus 10, Ohio. Page 56 A, March.
June 15 to Sept. 4
Gordon Research Conferences. Colby Junior College, New London, Ν . Η.; New Hampton School, New Hampton, Ν . Η.; and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N . H . Contact: W. Alec Jordan, 52 Park Ave., New York 16, Ν . Υ. Page 58 A, May.
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American Society for Testing Materials, Annual Meeting. Atlantic City, N . J. Contact: ASTM, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. Page 43 A. Second Nuclear Instrumentation Symposium, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Instrument Society of America. Contact: H . S. Kindler, ISA, 313 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. Page 50 A.
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International Symposium on Electrolytes. Italian Society for the Progress of Science, Trieste, Italy. Contact: Societa Italiana per el Progresso delle Scienze, Piazzale delle Scienze 7, Rome, Italy.
International Union of Crystallography, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden, Conferences on X - R a y Wave Length Prob lems, Precision Lattice Parameter Determination and Counter Methods for Crystal Structure Analysis. Contact: William Parrish, Philips Laboratories, Irvington-on-Hudson, Ν . Υ. Page 50 A, Nov.
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NEWS ANALYST'S CALENDAR (Continued) August 10 to 11—Rocky Mountain Spectroscopy Conference. Γηιηΐηη Puante Rocky Mountain Spectroscopy Society. Denver, Colo. ConV.Oming CVems R o c k y Mountain Spectroscopy Conference, 718 Sher tact. man St., Denver 3, Colo. Page 42 A, April I. August 12 to 14—8th Annual Conference on Applications of X - R a y Analysis, Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colo. Sponsor: Denver Research Institute. Contact: W. R. Mueller, Denver Research Institute, University of Denver, Denver 10, Colo. Page 47 A, March. August 24 to 29—Second International Congress of Polarography. Polarographic Society. University of Cambridge, England. Contact: G. F . Reynolds, Ministry of Supply, C. 36, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London S.E. 18, England. Page 41 A, JanuaryAugust 30 to Sept. 4—Chemical Institute of Canada, Physical Chemistry Division Sym posium on Mass Spectrometry in Chemistry. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. Contact: Chemical Institute of Canada, 18 Rideau St., Ottawa 2, Can. Sept. 1 to 8—International Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Czechoslovak Acad emy of Science, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Contact: Prof. Dr. Ing. Vaclav Hovorka, Praha-Dejvice, Technicka ul. 1905, Czechoslovakia. Page 46 A, March. Sept. 6—European Molecular Spectroscopy Group, 4th Biennial Meeting. Bologna, Italy. Contact: Reinhard Mecke, University of Frieburg, Freiburg, Germany. Sept. 9 to 12—Electron Microscope Society. 17th Annual Meeting. Ohio State Uni versity. Contact: S. S. Breese, Jr., Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory, Greenpoint, L. L, N . Y. (re papers) ; W. J. Frajola, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (re exhibits). Page 46 A. Sept. 13 to 18—American Chemical Society, 136th National Meeting, Atlantic City, N . J., page 48 A. Sept. 14 to 16—Sixth Ottawa Symposium on Applied Spectroscopy. Canadian Asso ciation for Applied Spectroscopy. Ottawa, Canada. Contact: W. O. Taylor, Ontario Department of Mines, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ont. Page 42 A, April I. Sept. 14 to 19—VIII Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale, Lucerne, Switzer land. Contact: H . Guyer, V H I t h Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale, P . O. Box, Schaff Hausen, Switzerland. Page 42 A, April I. Sept. 21 to 25—14th Annual Instrument-Automation Conference and Exhibit. Inter national Amphitheater, Chicago. 111. Instrument Society of America. Contact: H. S. Kindler, ISA, 313 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh 22, Pa,, re program and F . J. Tabery, 3443 South Hill St., Los Angeles 7, Calif., re exhibits. Page 54 A. Sept. 28 to Oct. 1—Ninth Annual Instrument Symposium & Research Equipment Exhibit, National Institutes of Health. Contact: J. B. Davis, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Md. Page 59 A, May. October 1—American Chemical Society. Analytical and Microchemical Group. Philadelphia Section. Philadelphia Textile Institute. Topic: Determination of Molecular Weights. Speakers: Harry Mason, Rohm & Haas and C. L. Ogg, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. October 11 to 16—ASTM Spectroscopy Symposium, A S T M Committees E-2 and E-13, San Francisco. Contact: R. J. Wirshing, General Motors Corp., Box 188, North End Station, Detroit 2, Mich. Oct. 18 to 22—Electrochemical Society, Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Electrochemical Society, Inc., 216 West 102nd St., New York 25, Ν . Υ. October 26 to 28—Third Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Reactor Technology. Gatlinburg, Tenn. Sponsor : Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Con tact: C. D. Susano, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box Y, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Page 57 A, May. Oct. 26 to 28—Anachem Conference. Assn. of Analytical Chemists. Wayne State Uni versity, Detroit. Contact: S. O. Roe, Ethyl Corporation, 1600 W. Eight Mile Rd., Ferndale 20, Detroit, Mich. See page 46 A, March. Nov. 4 to 6—Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Sectional Meeting and Instrument Exhibit. Hotel New Yorker, New York. Contact: M. F . Wilson, Air Reduction Corp., Research Laboratory, Murray Hill, N . J. Page 50 A. Nov. 10 to 15—International Congress and Exhibition of Laboratory Measurement and Automation Techniques in Chemistry. Association of Swiss Chemists and Swiss Association of Automation. Contact: I L M A C , Clarastrasse 61, Basle, Switzerland. Nov. 16 to 20—Fifth International Automation Congress and Exposition, New York Trade Show Building, New York. Contact: James Emge, 845 Ridge Ave., Pitts burgh 12, Pa. M c C r o n e Associates, 501 E a s t St., Chicago 16, 111.
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A n a l y t i c a l Techniques a n d Process Control A symposium on "Application of N e w Analytical Techniques to Process C o n t r o l " will be on t h e p r o g r a m of t h e Division of I n d u s t r i a l and Engineering C h e m i s t r y a t t h e fall meeting of t h e ACS a t Atlantic City. Proposals for p a p e r s are still being accepted, states V. F . H a n s o n , R a d i a
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